Inmate faces murder charge

Man killed at Allred prison

An inmate at the Allred prison unit near Wichita Falls has been indicted on a charge of capital murder in the death of another prisoner.

Cary Lee Bailey, 48, was named in an indictment handed down Wednesday by a Wichita County grand jury. Bailey is accused of killing Douglas Bridewell on April 20, 2011, at the prison.

According to the indictment, Bailey beat and choked Bridewell to death. The indictment did not reveal a motive for the killing.

Bailey is serving two stacked life sentences — one for a murder committed in Hood County in August 1992. Bailey also was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in an incident in Hood County in January 1992. In that case, Bailey placed metal collars from exercise weights in a sock and beat his victim with it. He received a second life sentence for that conviction.

Bailey also has been convicted of robbery, car theft, unlawful carrying of a weapon, marijuana possession and theft.